Four more people have died of dengue while 1,225 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said...
Police Headquarters in a statement on Sunday issued a security guideline for all to ensure peaceful celebration of the Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Hindu Community, reports BSS."Bangladesh police has already taken enough security arrangement to hold the...
Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has highlighted the importance of upstream countries informing downstream countries in advance about rainfall, structural conditions, and water release timings noting that both must work together, reports UNB.She also...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Sunday requested the country's commercial banks and financial institutions to provide account details of journalist Munni Saha.The unit also ordered banks and non-bank financial institutions to submit information on bank accounts, deposit plus scheme...
Bangladesh Navy personnel extinguishing a fire that broke out aboard an oil tanker of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) at the Chittagong Port recently. Days earlier another fire broke out aboard another oil tanker of the BSC. — ISPR
The World Habitat Day 2024 will be observed today (Monday) in the country as elsewhere in the world in a bid to raise awareness among people for safe and habitable abode for all, reports BSS.The United Nations designated the first...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Association of Contact Centre and Outsourcing (BACCO) has pledged its full support to the July Martyrs Memorial Foundation, which was formed to honour those martyred during the July-August uprising and provide employment opportunities for their families. BACCO made the...
A delegation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) met Education Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud at his ministry office in the capital on Sunday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Ensuring dedicated lanes for public transports through bus route rationalisation, enhancing their service standard, and preventing rickshaws and other small-sized vehicles from plying the major streets could help reduce traffic congestion in the capital. A rights platform - Passenger Welfare...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday inaugurated the Army Headquarters Selection Board 2024 in Dhaka Cantonment, reports BSS.In the first phase under this promotion board, eligible officers for the ranks of colonel and lieutenant colonel in Bangladesh Army...
Two teams of the Ministry of Commerce have fined seven businesses Tk 29,000 while monitoring the market to keep the prices of essential commodities stable reports UNB.The monitoring activities were conducted in Dhaka's New Market kitchen market and Gulshan kitchen...
The Immigration Department in Malaysia has dismantled a syndicate trafficking foreigners disguised as athletes after detaining 21 Bangladeshi nationals in Maluri, Kuala Lumpur, reports UNB.Immigration Director-General Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said three of those arrested are believed to be key members...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Secretary of Maritime Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, Rear Admiral (Rtd) Khorshed Alam, the longest-serving official with a contractual appointment, resigned on Sunday. Mr. Alam's resignation followed widespread criticism from influential quarters regarding his support for the previous regime led...
India won by 7 wickets (with 49 balls remaining) in their first Twenty20 cricket match of the current series against Bangladesh at the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior on Sunday.Batting first, Bangladesh scored 127 all out. In reply,...
Pedestrians, especially the elderly, risk their lives while crossing over the central reservation of Mayor Hanif Flyover amid fast-moving traffic. The snap was shot in Dhaka's Tikatuli area on Sunday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
The yields on two types of treasury bills (T-bills) fell slightly on Sunday as banks expressed willingness to invest their excess liquidity in short-term securities.The cut off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the 91-day T-bills came down to...
Bangladesh received inward remittance of US $ 425 million in five days of October, showing an uptrend of $100 million remittance flow year-on-year, reports UNB.According to Bangladesh Bank's latest update, the expatriates sent $325 million remittance during the same period...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has announced it awarded a feasibility study grant to Bonton Foods Limited (Bonton Foods), a Bangladeshi prepared foods and cold chain services company, to support deployment of a temperature-controlled logistics network of cold...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
The health ministry on Sunday published a list of 736 people killed during the student-led anti-discrimination movement in July-August this year. The ministry unveiled the updated draft list of the casualties on its website keeping it open for further revision.Earlier...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
The environment ministry on Sunday said it has taken initiative to remove buses and trucks older than 20 and 25 years respectively from roads and make emission testing mandatory in issuing fitness certificates for vehicles.The ministry has sent a letter...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman will face all the cases filed against him through due legal process, said his lawyer Barrister Kayser Kamal. In a briefing on the Supreme Court premises on Sunday, Barrister Kayser, also Legal Affairs Secretary of...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.He was picked up from Gulshan on Sunday, DMP's spokesperson Muhammad Talebur Rahman said in a message to the media.He faces charges in a case filed in...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) on Sunday suggested halving the regularity duty (RD) on sugar imports, from existing 30 per cent to 15 per cent to keep the prices of the staple in the market under control during the...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
The severe flooding that devastated the country's eastern region in August has caused losses and damages worth at least Tk 144.1 billion (US$1.23b), according to a latest study.The flood, mainly caused by the sudden release of river dam water by...
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (AFP): Thousands marched in US cities from Washington to Los Angeles on Saturday, demanding an immediate ceasefire as the war in Gaza nears the one-year mark, with a man attempting to self-immolate in protest.The marches were part...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Funding in local startup companies has shrunk in recent times for factors like poor international affiliation of many founders, failure to follow global-standard operations and limited country branding, according to insiders.The unavailability of a dedicated policy as well as local...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
The British delegation assured the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of their full support in repatriating any illicitly transferred funds from the UK back to Bangladesh.The assurance was given during a meeting between the ACC and a four-member delegation from the British...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Now non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) are also freed from the fetters in interest fixing, five months after disbanding the SMART-centric interest-fixing mechanism on the money market, giving all the lenders a freeplay. The Department of Financial Institutions and Markets (DFIM)...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-10-07 00:00:00
Six financially distressed banks pose a significant challenge for the revenue authority in achieving its corporate tax-collection target for the current fiscal year as their submissions so far plummeted into a pit.Tax officials have reported a precipitous 73.48-per cent fall...
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